International Competitions - September 20, 2018 17:30Entrants for new U19 Futsal EURO34 nations for the tournament debut!Photo and report courtesy: UEFA.com

Thursday 20 September 2018

A total of 34 nations have entered the first UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship, with Georgia or Latvia picked as finals hosts next Thursday.

The entrants have been confirmed for the first UEFA European Under-19 Futsal Championship, with the qualifying draw on 1 November in Nyon.

The new competition was announced last year by the UEFA Executive Committee as part of a revamp of UEFA's futsal competitions and will conclude with an eight-team final tournament. The identity of the hosts, either Georgia or Latvia, will be announced on 27 September.

Bye to main roundRussiaSpainPortugalKazakhstanUkraineAzerbaijanItalySerbiaSloveniaCroatiaHungaryCzech RepublicRomaniaPolandFranceSlovakiaBelarusNetherlandsBosnia and HerzegovinaBelgiumGeorgia*FYR MacedoniaFinlandLatvia*TurkeyMoldovaEngland

*will receive bye to finals if selected as hosts

FormatThe seven lowest-ranked entrants in the UEFA futsal national-team coefficients enter the preliminary round, where they will be drawn into one group of four and another of three, played as one-venue mini-tournaments in January.The two preliminary round group winners join the 26 higher-ranked qualifying entrants in the main round. They will be drawn into seven groups of four teams (in the same ceremony as the preliminary round draw), to be played in March.The seven main-round group winners will join whoever is selected as hosts out of Georgia or Latvia in the finals next September.In the finals, two groups of four will be formed, with the top two in each progressing to the semi-finals.Calendar